Statistical Sources on the Web
International
United Nations - InfoNation
cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
Information on all member countries.
Make comparisons according to criteria-gender, literacy, etc.
The Census Office
www.census.gov/ipc/www/
Statistical information from the U.S.
Selected information from other parts of the world.
World Health Organization Statistical Information
www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Large repository of world health and mortality statistics.
Freedom House
www.freedomhouse.org/ratings/index.htm
A "non-profit, nonpartisan organization" which evaluates countries around the world according to certain criteria: religious freedom, press freedom, women's rights and much more.
Rates countries by their assessed "state of freedom".
Bermuda
The Department of Statistics
www.statistics.gov.bm
Contains links to many Bermuda statistical pulications
The annual Bermuda Digest of Statistics is on the upper floor of the library in the Bermudiana section, call number: HA 921 .F55a
Canada
Statistics Canada
www.statcan.ca
Canadian social, economic and industrial statistics .
Search using criteria-agriculture, health, social conditions, etc.
United Kingdom
The Statistics Office
www.statistics.gov.uk
Data on Britain's population, employment, education, etc.
Includes census results.
The General Register Office
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
British equivalent of our Registry General.
Select from births, deaths, marriages, and other statistics.
If you have a U.K. connection, start family research here.
The National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Historical and economic information on people and events.
Data on past censuses.
Information on all Commonwealth countries including Bermuda
Data on epidemics like Bermuda's yellow fever crisis
United States
United States Government Printing Office
www.gpoaccess.gov
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
www.census.gov
Primarily data on socio-economic conditions in the U.S.
Some international data as well.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec28
Health, mortality and disease statistics.